about nmr

New Moon Ranch (NMR) is a Western Pleasure riding school situated above the Huntington River Gorge in Richmond, Vermont. NMR offers individual and group lessons with an emphasis on non-competitive, casual riding at a walk, trot, canter or gallop pace.

Guiding Principle

New Moon Ranch was founded in 2002 by Lotta Rosen on the principles of connection and contact. NMR focuses on the unison of horse and rider. Our guiding principle is to combine horse, heart & healing.

The methods employed by New Moon Ranch have been developed by Lotta over 30 years of riding and teaching. Experienced in both English and Western equitation, it was her belief that she could build on the model of natural horsemanship to realize the New Moon Ranch guiding principle. Our teaching is based on understanding the physiology of an equine and learning horse/rider communication through both body and heart. Our horses are always communicating; Lotta teaches riders to engage in the equine conversation.